Split View possible?

[Jagrut Sharma]

Hi all - Is it possible to have a split view? Have two docs side by side (vertical split) or on top of each other (horizontal split)? It is easier to compare this way.

Regards.

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Jagrut

[Scott Lopez]

View > Text Display > Split View Text (last option on the sub-menu)

[Jagrut Sharma]

Thanks Scott. Checked it out. It seems it only works for the same document?

Can I have a split view with doc1 on left and doc2 on right?

Regards.

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Jagrut

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[Ron Catterall]

Sublime Text - as many different docs side by side as you want - or all the same if you want.

Sorry Rich, but as far as I can see it's not possible with BBedit.  A suggestion for the future maybe?

Ron

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[François Schiettecatte]

Hi

You can certainly Find Differences between the two front windows which gives you a way to compare two doc side by side. I use this one a lot to compare different versions of a code file.

One can also arrange windows in a number of different ways via Window -> Arrange.

And you can also do Synchro Scrolling…

Cheers

François

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[Christopher Stone]

On Sep 27, 2021, at 15:42, François Schiettecatte <fschiet...@gmail.com> wrote:

And you can also do Synchro Scrolling…

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Hey François,

Thanks for mentioning that.  If I knew about it I'd forgotten.

Hey Jagrut,

François mentioned the arrange command, but if you need something more customized you can use AppleScript.

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# Auth: Christopher Stone <script...@thestoneforge.com>

# dCre: 2021/09/27 18:24

# dMod: 2021/09/27 18:24 

# Appl: BBEdit

# Task: Set Bounds of Windows 1 and 2.

# Libs: None

# Osax: None

# Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @BBEdit, @Window, @Bounds

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tell application "BBEdit"

    

    tell window 1

        set its bounds to {0, 45, 720, 900}

    end tell

    

    tell window 2

        set its bounds to {720, 45, 1440, 900}

    end tell

    

end tell

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This is just a simple example.  You can get quite creative in how you position your windows if you care to.

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Best Regards,

Chris

[Johnny Ragadoo]

Newbie here - hope it's OK to weigh in.

You can drag the divider down to create a horizontal split. For a vertical split, show the sidebar (View->Window appearance->Show sidebar or Command-Zero) and right click on the file you want to split. Choose "open in additional window."

The new window will start out with the same horizontal split as the first, but you can adjust or eliminate the splits independently.

You've got separate windows, so it's up to you to arrange them side-by-side. One way is to hover over the green maximize button and choose "tile", then choose the related window for the other side of the screen.

[Jagrut Sharma]

Thanks for the inputs and taking time to provide options - François, Chris and Johnny. Ron mentioned that this is not possible, which is what I am inclined to believe. The reason is that I'm not looking for arranging windows, but splits within the same window.

Let me elaborate. I am in a project, and there are 2 open documents. I would like to arrange them side by side in the right pane. This is all in one single window. Let me know if I am missing something, but it seems this is not possible right now?

Regards.

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[Patrick Woolsey]

On 9/28/21 at 12:13 PM, jagrut...@gmail.com (Jagrut Sharma) wrote:

[...]

>Let me elaborate. I am in a project, and there are 2 open documents. I
>would like to arrange them side by side in the right pane. This is all in
>one single window. Let me know if I am missing something, but it seems this
>is not possible right now?
>

That is correct; BBEdit can only display the contents of one
document at a time within a given editing window, though you
could use any of the already suggested solutions to place two
(or more) windows side-by-side.

Alternatively, if you would find it useful to formally compare
(diff) the contents of any two files, you can do so via the
Search -> Find Differences command, whether invoked directly,
via contextual menu, or via the 'bbdiff' tool.


Regards

Patrick Woolsey
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Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/>

[Jagrut Sharma]

Thanks Patrick. If you are taking suggestions for the roadmap :) , it might be good to add this at some point in future. IMO, this will be a really useful feature. Allowing vertical and horizontal splits in the same window that can host the same or different documents.

Regards.

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[Patrick Woolsey]

On 9/28/21 at 12:33 PM, jagrut...@gmail.com (Jagrut Sharma) wrote:

>Thanks Patrick. If you are taking suggestions for the roadmap :) , it might
>be good to add this at some point in future. IMO, this will be a really
>useful feature. Allowing vertical and horizontal splits in the same window
>that can host the same or different documents.

In general :-) suggestions are best directed to support but I
can say this capability has been requested before and is on our
list (albeit I can't speculate on timing).

[Jagrut Sharma]

Thanks, I'll drop an email to support as well. 

Regards.

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